Is that really all Kishimoto thinks of her? Really? After all the improvements she's made, and all the glimpses of her awesome potential, she is once again relegated to a teary-eyed fangirl watching from the sidelines? And worst of all? It's what she "chooses" to be. Sadly, I cant even say I didn't see it coming.

I firmly believe it now. He hates Sakura. He doesn't like any of the other females either, but Sakura? Hates. If Naruto represents him, and Sasuke his childhood BFF/rival, then Sakura must be the girl who repeatedly turned him down, and not very nicely. This is his revenge.

I'm so fed up I can't even be angry anymore. If I hadn't invested too much time and effort into this series to not see how it ends, I would have quit already.

I have to admit, the KakaSaku fangirl in me flared up a little at the bottom of the page. There are a lot of ways to interpret his personal obligation and the following troubled silence. ;D On a related note, saw this today. It's from one of the artbooks. Look at Kakashi's eyeline....does it look like he's reading his book, or staring at Sakura's ass?

OMFG why does Sasuke keep getting credited for killing shinobi HE DIDNT KILL!!!??!?!?! Zabuza was killed by a bunch of thugs and finished off by Kakashi. Deidara killed himself. Why does everyone think Sasuke--who doesnt last more than 30 seconds with the Raikage and Mizukage and only escapes through some new fucking hax (kinda like w/ Deidara...)--did these things!?

I want to sympathize with Sasuke, but its continually impossible. Fuck you, Kishimoto. Sasuke needs to DIAF now.

Another from the semi realism series, this time Naruto. I didnt think he would turn out so hot. Lol. He was also one of the easiest of the bunch. He's based a little on the glimpse of adult!Naruto we got in the manga, which could be why he's such a hunk here. XD

This is a gift forthefuzzyhat. She requested sexy Hidan/Saku. I never thought I'd draw that pairing, but I must say it was fun to do something angry and kinky. I definitely can't see any sort of love or affection between those two, I wouldnt even go so far as to say love/hate. More like lust/hate. Angry. But hot. XD

I felt like doing something a little different today, so I decided to do a pic Ive been wanting to do for some time but didnt have time for with writing and illustrating my fics. I love Pein and Konan, they are awesome and so hawt together. XD

So now that Silver Lining is finished I finally had time to do this....months after I got it from thatreevesgirl. It was tricky since I dont use a digital drawing pad and had to sketch each panel and then scan it, but it was fun to do.

This is the master post for Perception and all of the illustrations that go with it.

Perception at Fanfiction.netPerception at AdultFanfiction.netPairing: Itachi/SakuraRating: MSummary: The Akatsuki think Sakura will be the perfect bait to lure the Kyuubi, but they get a whole lot more than they planned for. A story about the blurred line between good and evil and how what we think we know can be proven very,very wrong.

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And here are the illustrations for the fic. Red links indicate mature themed artwork, containing nudity or adult content.